MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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